| 单词 | quicksand |
| 释义 | Related topics: Naturequick·sand /ˈkwɪksænd/ noun [countable, uncountable] 1. DNwet sand that is dangerous because you sink down into it if you try to walk on it 流沙 →4 See picture of 见图 quicksand2. a bad situation that keeps getting worse, and that you cannot escape from 不断恶化且难以摆脱的困境；危险局面Examples from the Corpusquicksand• Even readers whose knowledge of the written word comes from cereal boxes are familiar with metaphors using battlefields and quicksand.• She felt a bit like some one caught in quicksand, whose every turn only succeeded in further compounding the difficulties.• Gilbert's squirming body vanished into the carpet like quicksand.• The blackness was suddenly all around, closing in like quicksand.• It was like trying to shore up a wall of quicksand.• The lock had been built on quicksand, and gave continual trouble as the ground subsided and water seeped away.quick·sand nounChineseSyllable because wet Corpus that dangerous you sand sink is |
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